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posted by [personal profile] maelorin at 11:11pm on 21/12/2006
Scientific understanding has been under attack by vested interested (ignorant and otherwise) since long before we had recognisable "science" ... belief is a far more potent motivator than knowledge.

My personal hypothesis is that most people 'feel' rather than 'think' ... they make decisions based upon what they feel rather than thinking about things. I'd go so far as to say that a large proportion of people are so averse to thinking they'll do anything to avoid it. [thinking is hard, and feels bad/difficult - besides they don't really know how, and fear of failure/mistakes is a powerful motivator. much easier to follow what you're told is the right thing to do ...]

I don't see them putting disclaimers on the Bible:
Actually, in response to the textbook labelling, some atheists did pretty much exactly that ...
eg:
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